Industry of lies : media, academia, and the Israeli-Arab conflict / Ben-Dror Yemini.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Yemini, Ben-Dror, author.

Standardized Title:

Taʻaśiyat ha-sheḳarim. English

Language:

English

Hebrew

Subjects (All):

Arab-Israeli conflict--Mass media and the conflict.

Arab-Israeli conflict.

Arab-Israeli conflict--Public opinion.

Intellectuals--Israel--Attitudes.

Intellectuals.

Mass media--Political aspects--Israel.

Mass media.

Arab-Israeli conflict--Propaganda.

Propaganda, Anti-Israeli.

Israel--Foreign public opinion.

Israel.

Palestine question (1948-).

Intellectuals--Attitudes.

Mass media--Political aspects.

Public opinion.

Physical Description:

xi, 342 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

[Miami Beach, Florida] : Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy, 2017.

Summary:

"The Industry of Lies is one of the greatest frauds of recent decades? a fraud of historic, even epic, proportions. When almost half of all Europeans believe that Israel treats the Palestinians just like the Nazis treated the Jews, when leading politicians assert that the Arab-Israeli conflict is the central cause of violence in the world, and when prominent intellectuals argue that Israel is an apartheid state, the unfortunate reality is that the lies are winning. As a result, Israel has become the devil incarnate in the eyes of many otherwise good and reasonable people? people who genuinely want to see peace but inadvertently contribute to the continuation of the Israeli-Arab conflict. The tragedy is that they are neither helping the Palestinians nor promoting agreement or reconciliation. Instead, they lend legitimacy to the fallacious claims of the most extreme activists, empowering not moderates but the worst of the radicals who have no interest in attaining peace. Israel is not free from flaws. However, this book draws a clear distinction between legitimate criticism and the industry of lies that has emerged from two unlikely sources? the media and academia? undermining their reputation as bastions of truth and knowledge. Ben-Dror Yemini presents an in-depth analysis of the many inaccurate and malicious accusations leveled against Israel and refutes them one by one in this thought-provoking and well-researched volume that invites us to rethink the causes and consequences of the Israeli-Arab conflict"--Back cover

Contents:

Guide to Lies

The Norm of Homogenization and the Nakba

Support for Transfer

Unique Characteristics of the Jewish-Arab Conflict

Rewriting History

Malice and Double Standards

The Severity Scale

Is There a Right of Return?

The Genocide That Wasn't

The "Jewish Nakba"

Arab Apartheid

The Auschwitz Myth

The Israeli Arabs

The Apartheid Slander

Human Rights

The Child Killers

Peace and Its Discontents

Intellectual Autism

The Red-Green Coalition

Platform for Incitement

The Nation-State of the Jewish People

The Mega-Celebrities.

Notes:

Originally published in Hebrew by Yedioth Sfarim in 2014.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781979061438

1979061432

OCLC:

1010811499